05-15-2017, 07:46 PM
Interesting ideas, guys!
Sunnysideup, yes, I agree with you in regards as to what exactly did the croc represent to ancient Egyptians at the time when Ra was transmitting these Archetypes to them. This is a disadvantage of "old" teachings, when the cultural/societal meanings of symbols might have been lost. This croc bothered me already from the beginning when I started to look at this Archetype, because we just don't know exactly what it meant to the Egyptians at the time these images were drawn. And the same goes with Sphinx.
Anyways, back to the analysis of this croc, though it might be a way off from the intended meaning of this aspect, but here are some more thoughts.
The fallen column represents to me a changed view of third density once one has awaken. Some people say that once you spiritually wake up, you can never go back to sleep again. And it has been my personal experience too. The *view* of third density and its problems is not the same anymore. To take as an example, some people, once they have been spiritually awakened, stop watching TV or read the newspapers or follow sports. Some others change their way of living and being in some other ways. My point is that once you wake up from third density sleep, many things within third density lose their importance and significance for you, like sports or TV for instance. You also start to view third density differently, and you can never go back to how it was before you woke up. There are other values, spiritual ones, that become more important than the third density values like money, career, etc.
And then we have this croc sitting on the column. And as I was contemplating it, it appeared to me that I have felt that fear, which this croc represents! I know this fear. We probably all do. Let me try to explain it.
For instance, imagine that there exists some inertia or repeated pattern in your life. And that you one day decide that you've had enough of this repeated theme in your life and you want to change it. *But* you don't want to change it in what is considered to be a normal or common way as it is seen in your culture or society, but in a magical way. In short, you have decided to go against the flow. That's how you decide to change this pattern in your life. In order to do that, one needs to go deeper within to understand, accept and heal whatever the experience one is having that one wants to change. So what one needs to do is to go within, as deep as that road will take you. And you never know what you meet there. There are indeed dark, unknown and deep waters! And at least to me, it invokes a little bit of fear. It feels like doing magical work! But it makes your heart beat faster. It makes you excited and afraid at the same time. And you know, that once you take that step into those deep waters, it can never be the same as it has been before. So yeah, once again, I feel the Law of Responsibility here.
The magical work here is the Magician courting his bride, High Priestess. They meet, they dance, they mate. There is the Catalyst, which is an element of the unconscious mind, that through the dance of veiled and unveiled portions of the mind, becomes Experience; and then the Significator, which has been acted upon, acts through the Choice. That is why Significator is paired with Choice.
P.S. Jade, I can't see that vid that you posted. It says that it's unavailable to me.
Sunnysideup, yes, I agree with you in regards as to what exactly did the croc represent to ancient Egyptians at the time when Ra was transmitting these Archetypes to them. This is a disadvantage of "old" teachings, when the cultural/societal meanings of symbols might have been lost. This croc bothered me already from the beginning when I started to look at this Archetype, because we just don't know exactly what it meant to the Egyptians at the time these images were drawn. And the same goes with Sphinx.
Anyways, back to the analysis of this croc, though it might be a way off from the intended meaning of this aspect, but here are some more thoughts.
The fallen column represents to me a changed view of third density once one has awaken. Some people say that once you spiritually wake up, you can never go back to sleep again. And it has been my personal experience too. The *view* of third density and its problems is not the same anymore. To take as an example, some people, once they have been spiritually awakened, stop watching TV or read the newspapers or follow sports. Some others change their way of living and being in some other ways. My point is that once you wake up from third density sleep, many things within third density lose their importance and significance for you, like sports or TV for instance. You also start to view third density differently, and you can never go back to how it was before you woke up. There are other values, spiritual ones, that become more important than the third density values like money, career, etc.
And then we have this croc sitting on the column. And as I was contemplating it, it appeared to me that I have felt that fear, which this croc represents! I know this fear. We probably all do. Let me try to explain it.
For instance, imagine that there exists some inertia or repeated pattern in your life. And that you one day decide that you've had enough of this repeated theme in your life and you want to change it. *But* you don't want to change it in what is considered to be a normal or common way as it is seen in your culture or society, but in a magical way. In short, you have decided to go against the flow. That's how you decide to change this pattern in your life. In order to do that, one needs to go deeper within to understand, accept and heal whatever the experience one is having that one wants to change. So what one needs to do is to go within, as deep as that road will take you. And you never know what you meet there. There are indeed dark, unknown and deep waters! And at least to me, it invokes a little bit of fear. It feels like doing magical work! But it makes your heart beat faster. It makes you excited and afraid at the same time. And you know, that once you take that step into those deep waters, it can never be the same as it has been before. So yeah, once again, I feel the Law of Responsibility here.
The magical work here is the Magician courting his bride, High Priestess. They meet, they dance, they mate. There is the Catalyst, which is an element of the unconscious mind, that through the dance of veiled and unveiled portions of the mind, becomes Experience; and then the Significator, which has been acted upon, acts through the Choice. That is why Significator is paired with Choice.
P.S. Jade, I can't see that vid that you posted. It says that it's unavailable to me.
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